GOOD READS FOR

Infants and Toddlers

Barton, BryonThe Three Bears

Brown, Margaret W.Goodnight Moon

Carle, EricThe Very Hungry Caterpillar

Cole, JoannaThe Eentsy Weentsy Spider

Cowell, CressidaWhat Shall We Do with the Boohoo Baby?

Dodd, EmmaDog’s Colorful Day

Ehlert, LoisPlanting a Rainbow

Fleming, DeniseLunch

Hill, EricWhere’s Spot?

Hoban, TanaBlack on White (BB)

Inkpen, MickWibbly Pig Can Make a Tent (BB)

Katz, KarenCounting Kisses

Martin, BillChicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom

O’Keefe, Susan H.Love me, Love you

Prelutsky, JackRead aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

Scott, Ann H.On Mother’s Lap

Shaw, NancySheep in a Jeep

Walsh, EllenMouse Paint

Walsh, MelanieDo Donkey’s Dance?

Westcott, NadinePeanut Butter and Jelly

All books are located in the PICTURE BOOK (PB) section

& are listed by author’s last name, unless otherwise noted.

 

(BB) - Board Book section

 

GOOD READS FOR

GRADE 1

PICTURE BOOKS (PB)

 

Alexander, LloydThe Fortune Tellers

Arnosky, JimDeer at the Brook

Baker, KeithBig Fat Hen

Bradby, MarieMore Than Anything Else

Dorros, ArthurAbuela

Ernst, LisaLittle Red Riding Hood

Florian, DouglasNature Walk

Hoffman, MaryAmazing Grace

Isaacs, AnneSwamp Angel

Kellogg, StevenJohnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale

Mahy, MargaretGreat White Man-Eating Shark

Meddaugh, SusanHog-Eye

Palatini, MaggiePiggie Pie

Schroeder, AlanMinty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

McMillan, BruceEating Fractions

Morris, AnnHats, Hats, Hats

Raschka, ChristopherYo! Yes?

Showers, PaulThe Listening Walk

Steig, WilliamDoctor De Soto

Stolz, MaryStorm in the Night

EASY BASICS (EB)

 

Berenstain, StanInside, Outside, Upside Down

Bonsall, CrosbyAnd I Mean it Stanley

Buck, NolaOh Cats!

Hayward, LindaHello, House!

LeSieg, TheodoreThe Eye Book

EASY READERS (ER)

 

Byars, BetsyThe Golly Sisters Go West

Cole, JoannaHungry, Hungry Sharks (ER 597.3 Co)

Eastman, P.D.Are You My Mother?

Heilbroner, JoanRobert, the Rose Horse

Hoban, LillianArthur’s Prize Reader

Lopshire, RobertPut me in the Zoo

Minarik, Else H.Little Bear

Palmer, HelenA Fish Out of Water

Parish, PeggyAmelia Bedelia (series)

Pfeffer, WendyFrom Tadpole to Frog (ER 597.8 Pf)

JUVENILE FICTION

 

Cameron, AnnStories that Huey Tells

Cleary, BeverlyRamona the Pest

Hurwitz, JohannaRussell and Elisa

King-Smith, DickSophie Hits Six

Kipling, RudyardJust So Stories

LeGuin, UrsulaCatwings

All books are listed in each section by author’s last name, unless followed by a numerical call number.

GOOD READS FOR

GRADE 2

PICTURE BOOKS (PB)

 

Greenfield, EloiseHoney, I Love You and Other Poems

Howard, ElizabethAunt Flossie’s Hat

Marshall, JamesThe Cut-ups Crack Up

Meddaugh, SusanMartha Speaks

Miller, Sara S.Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat

Pinkwater, DanielAt the Hotel Larry

Polacco, PatriciaThunder Cake

Sanfield, SteveThe Great Turtle Drive

Soto, GaryChato’s Kitchen

Stanley, FayThe Last Princess

Stanley, DianeSaving Sweetness

Steig, WilliamBrave Irene

Willis, ValThe Secret in the Mailbox

EASY BASICS (EB)

 

Gregorich, BarbaraThe Gum on the Drum

Stadler, JohnHooray for Snail!

EASY READERS (ER)

 

Bang, Molly—Wiley and the Hairy Man

Bernier-Grand, Carmen—Juan Bobo: Four Folktales

Cosby, Bill—The Best Way to Play

Donnelly, Judy—The Titanic Lost—and Found

Marshall, Edward—Fox All Week

Parks, Rosa—I Am Rosa Parks

Pilkey, Dav—Dragon Gets By

Porte, Barbara A.—Harry in Trouble

Roop, Peter & Connie—Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

Rylant, Cynthia—Henry and Mudge

Standiford, Natalie—The Bravest Dog Ever

Wetterer, Margaret K.—Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

JUVENILE FICTION

 

Brisson, Pat—Hot Fudge Hero

Brown, Jeff—Flat Stanley

Marshall, James—Rats on the Range

Mayo, Gretchen—Here Come Tricky Rabbits

Byars, Betsy—The Not-Just-Anybody Family

Gannett, Ruth S.—My Father’s Dragon

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

Bonners, Susan—Hunter in the Snow (j599.74 Bo)

Hall, Katy—Fishy Riddles (j739.7 Ha)

Parker, Nancy W.—Frogs, Toads, Lizards, & Salamanders (j597.6 Pa)

All books are listed in each section by author’s last name,

unless followed by a numerical call number.

 

GOOD READS FOR

GRADE 3

PICTURE BOOKS (PB)

 

Aliki—My Visit to the Dinosaurs

Blumberg, Rhoda—Bloomers!

Beuhner, Caralyn—Fanny’s Dream

Heide, FLorence—Day of Ahmed’s Secret

Hopkinson, Deborah—Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

Hurd, Thacher—Art Dog

Joyce, William—Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs

Lester, Julius—John Henry

Mitchell, Margaree—Uncle Jed’s Barbershop

Moss, Lloyd—Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

Stolz, Mary—Storm in the Night

Uchinda, Yoshiko—The Bracelet

Williams, Vera—Cherries and Cherry Pits

Williams, Vera—Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea

EASY READERS (ER)

 

Coerr, Eleanor—The Big Balloon Race

Cole, Joanna—The Magic School Bus (series)

Levinson, Nancy—Snowshoe Thompson

Marshall, James—Fox Outfoxed

Monjo, F.N.—The Drinking Gourd

JUVENILE FICTION

 

Ada, Alma F.Gold Coin

Adler, DavidCam Jansen (series)

Blume, JudyTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Byars, BetsyTornado

Calmenson, StephanieThe Gator Girls

Christopher, MattThe Hit-Away Kid

Cohen, BarbaraMolly’s Pilgrim

Danzinger, PaulaAmber Brown (series)

Hesse, KarenSable

Kline, SuzyHerbie Jones

Levitin, SoniaNine for California

Marshall, JamesRats on the Roof

Scieszka, JonKnights of the Kitchen Table

Taylor, MildredSong of the Trees

Wilder, Laura IngallsThe Little House in the Big Woods

 

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

 

McCully, EmilyBallot Box Battle (j92 Stanton)

Medearis, AngelaDare to Dream: Coretta Scott King (j92 Ki)

 

All books are listed in each section by author’s last name, unless followed by a numerical call number.

 

GOOD READS FOR

GRADE 4

JUVENILE FICTION

 

Avi—Poppy

Babbitt, Natalie—Devil’s Storybook

Bledsoe, Lucy J.—The Big Bike Race

Blume, Judy—Superfudge

Butterworth, Oliver—The Enormous Egg

Byars, Betsy—Wanted...Mud Blossom

Cameron, Ann—Julian, Dream Doctor

Coville, Bruce—Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Farmer, Nancy—The Warm Place

Fleischman, Sid—By the Great Horn Spoon

Hoffman, Mary—Four-legged Ghosts

Howe, Deborah—Bunnicula

Hurwitz, Johanna—Teacher’s Pet

King-Smith, Dick—Ace: The Very Important Pig

Lawson, Robert—Ben and Me

McCloskey, Robert—Homer Price

Pinkwater, Daniel—Mush, a Dog from Space

Robinson, Barbara—The Best School Year Ever

Slote, Alfred—Finding Buck McHenry

Yep, Laurence—Later, Gator

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

 

Bash, BarbaraDesert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus (j583 Ba)

Coerr, EleanorSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (j362.19 Co)

Hamilton, VirginiaHer Stories: African American Tales (j398.2 Ha)

Lester, JuliusTales of Uncle Remus (j398.2 Le)

Markle, SandraOutside and Inside Snakes (j597.96 Ma)

McNaughton, ColinMaking Friends with Frankenstein (j821.91 Mc)

San Souci, RobertKate Shelley: Bound for Legend (j92 Shelley)

All books are listed in the fiction sections by author’s last name, and numerically in the non-fiction

 

GOOD READS FOR

GRADE 5

JUVENILE FICTION

 

Babbitt, NatalieTuck Everlasting

Byars, BetsyThe Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

Cameron, AnnThe Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods

Christopher, JohnThe White Mountains

Clements, AndrewFrindle

Cooper, SusanThe Boggart

DeFelice, CynthiaThe Ghost of Fossil Glen

Fenner, CarolYolanda’s Genius

Fitzbugh, LouiseHarriet the Spy

George, Jean CraigheadMy Side of the Mountain

Giff, Patricia R.Lily’s Crossing

Hamilton, VirginiaThe House of Dies Drear

Hesse, KarenLetter’s From Rifka

Horvath, PollyWhen the Circus Came to Town

Ibbotson, EvaThe Secret of Platform 13

Karr, KathleenThe Great Turkey Walk

Mead, AliceJunebug

Morgenstern, SusieSecret Letters from 0 to 10

Naylor, Phyllis R.The Agony of Alice

Pearce, PhilippaTom’s Midnight Garden

Sleator, WilliamThe Beasties

Vail, RachelDaring to be Abigail

Waugh, SylviaThe Mennyms

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

 

Bartoletti, Susan C.Growing up in Coal Country (j331.3 Ba)

Byam, MicheleArms and Armor (j355.8 By)

Hamilton, VirginiaIn the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (j291.24 H)

Krull, KathleenWilma Unlimited (j92 Rudolph W)

Stanley, DianeLeonardo Da Vinci (j92 Da Vinci)

Stevenson, JamesSweet Corn: Poems (j811 St)

Tanaka, ShelleyGraveyards of the Dinosaurs (j567.9 Ta)

Wells, RosemaryMary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories (j92 Breckinridge)

Yep, LaurenceThe Rainbow People (j398.20 Ye)

All books are listed in the fiction sections by author’s last name, and numerically in the non-fiction section.

 

GOOD READS FOR

GRADE 6

JUVENILE FICTION

 

Babbitt, NatalieTuck Everlasting

Bellairs, JohnA House With Clocks in its Walls

Byars, BetsyThe Pinballs

Christopher, JohnWhen the Tripods Came

Cushman, KarenCatherine, Called Birdy

Cooper, SusanThe Boggart

Coville, BruceGoblins in the Castle

Juster, NortonThe Phantom Tollbooth

Lowry, LoisThe Giver

Taylor, MildredRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Naylor, PhyllisShiloh

Norton, MaryThe Borrowers

Paterson, KatherineThe Great Gilly Hopkins

Paterson, KatherineBridge to Terabithia

Paulsen, GaryHatchet

Pullman, PhilipThe Golden Compass

Raskin, EllenThe Westing Game

Ritcher, ConradA Light in the Forest

Spinelli, JerryManiac Magee

Tolkien, J.R.R.The Hobbit

Wilson, RawlsWhere the Red Fern Grows

Yep, LawrenceDragon Wings

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

 

Alexander, Lloyd—Westmark

AviThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Bond, NancyA String in the Harp

Cormier, RobertThe Chocolate War

Fox, Paula—The Slave Dancer

Magorian, MichelleGood Night, Mr. Tom

Paulsen, GaryFoxman

Sleator, WilliamInterstellar Pig

Yolen, JaneThe Devil’s Arithmetic

ADULT FICTION

 

Buck, Pearl—The Good Earth

Carter, Forrest—The Education of Little Tree

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

 

Abells, EmilyThe Children We Remember (j940.53 AB)

Cerullo, MaryTruth About Great White Sharks (j597.31 CE)

Hoose, PhillipIt’s Our World Too (j302.14 HO)

McCaughrean, GeraldineGreek Gods and Godesses (j292 MC)

Silverstein, ShelFalling Up (j811.54 SI)

 

All books are listed in the fiction sections by author’s last name, and numerically in the non-fiction section.